Institutional contexts, exhibitions and media features documenting the development of PixelArt’s contemporary visual practice.
SELECTED CONTEXTS
HOMMAGE À FABIO RIETI
Developed in collaboration with French artist Fabio Rieti, the exhibition presented at Jour et Nuit Culture in Saint-Michel established a dialogue between two generations of mosaic-based urban image construction. Recognized for introducing mosaic interventions into Parisian public space during the 1960s, Rieti’s practice anticipated forms of pixelation decades before the emergence of digital culture and street art as contemporary categories.
FRANCE 24 FEATURE
During the Paris exhibition with Fabio Rieti, France 24 documented PixelArt’s process while producing a mosaic tribute installed near Place Saint-Michel. The feature focused on the relationship between digital technology, handcrafted construction systems and contemporary urban imagery.
RFI CULTURE FEATURE
Invited by Jordi Batallé to the cultural program El Invitado on RFI, PixelArt discussed the formative influence of Paris on his artistic development, the relationship between urban experience and image construction, and the conceptual foundations behind his collaboration with Fabio Rieti.
DROUOT DISTRICT 13 ART FAIR
Presented during the District 13 art fair at Drouot, the exhibition introduced PixelArt’s Autocensorship Systems through a large-scale erotic triptych investigating censorship, mediated desire and fragmented visibility through mosaic pixelation structures.
SERGE GAINSBOURG HOUSE
Created during PixelArt’s stay in Paris in 2018, the intervention consisted of a 120 × 120 cm mosaic installed near Serge Gainsbourg’s iconic residence — a site historically associated with graffiti, artistic occupation and collective urban memory.
MOSAÏQUE MAGAZINE
In its 2022 special publication dedicated to the eighty most influential mosaic artists internationally, Mosaïque Magazine highlighted PixelArt’s practice for its integration of digital technologies, algorithmic image construction and large-scale pixel-based mosaic systems..
MURVI INTERNATIONAL MOSAIC EVENT
Invited as a special guest artist to the Murvi International Mosaic Event in Buenos Aires, PixelArt developed I Want to Believe, a 90 × 90 cm mosaic composed of 8,100 individual glass tesserae using Murvi’s 1 × 1 cm material system.
LE LAVOMATIC COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
Following the installation of a pixelated Mona Lisa intervention near the gallery’s surrounding structures, PixelArt was invited by curator and gallery founder Benoît to participate in Le Lavomatic’s fifth anniversary collective exhibition in Paris.
ERBK GALLERY COLLABORATION
In 2021, PixelArt was invited to participate in the inauguration program of ERBK Gallery in Paris’ 6th arrondissement, joining a roster of contemporary urban artists working across post-digital image systems, street art and experimental visual practices.
